Chapter 1176: Experience

Governor's Office, Yin Hotel.

The sixteenth prince came out of the bath and changed his clothes, and Hongli was already waiting in the yard.

He changed into a guard's costume, wore a royal blue dress, and looked a little thin.

The sixteenth prince glanced at him and said, "You don't have a rest along the way? I'll visit Mrs. Li first, and let Cao Yong greet us later when I come back!"

Hongli leaned forward and said with a smile: "Uncle Sixteen, my nephew will go with Uncle Sixteen! A few years ago, my nephew also went to Cao's Mansion and met Mrs. Li. Now that I have arrived at the Governor's Mansion, I always have to say hello to you."

When the sixteenth prince heard this, he frowned slightly.

He went to visit Li without prefaced national rituals; Hongli was the prince, and if the Cao family did not treat each other with great courtesy, they would be disrespectful.

Hongli was very clear and understood that the Sixteenth Prince was concerned, and said, "Uncle Sixteenth, not only are you and relatives with Cao's mansion, but your nephew and Mrs. Li also have relatives. She is the cousin's mother-in-law and Cao's aunt... If you really want to talk about it, maybe it's closer than these. My nephew has to stay in the Governor's Mansion for a while. When I met him in the past, I was very kind."

When the sixteenth prince saw him say a series of reasons, he was not easy to stop him. He just said, "The late emperor and the emperor treat Mrs. Li differently. You should be polite, don't be an ordinary foreigner."

Hongli responded quickly and followed the Sixteenth Prince to the official residence to find Cao Yong.

When Cao Yong heard that Hongli was going to see Li, he was slightly stunned and didn't say much.

With Chu Yu here, Hongli came over and saw the family members of the Cao family as a relative. If it weren't for this, Cao Yong would have to stop him, otherwise the whole family would have to kneel down and see him off.

On the Li side, Chu Yu had already heard about the Sixteenth Prince coming to Qingyuan.

"The Sixteenth Master loves to eat braised food. The braised wing tips brought back from outside a few days ago have a good taste. The Sixteenth Master will definitely like it. I sent someone to buy two packs. Although it is not as detailed as the palace kitchen, it has a unique flavor." Li was in a very good mood and said to Chu Yu.

Perhaps it was because the Sixteenth Prince was younger than Cao Yong, or perhaps because he was friends with Concubine Secret, even though he knew that the two were close relatives, more often, Li still regarded the Sixteenth Prince as his nephew.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking, but Cao Yong sent the person to deliver the message had arrived.

I heard that the Sixteenth Prince was coming. Although Li did not dress up according to the grade, he changed into a dress for guests and added two jade flat hairpins to his head. Chu Yu accompanied him to go out to wait.

At this moment, Cao Yong had already brought the Sixteenth Prince and Hongli over.

Li's eyes fell on the Sixteenth Prince, and he didn't see Hiroli for a moment.

Chu Yu saw it and hurriedly sent all the maids down and welcomed them into the house.

Another meeting.

When Li saw Hongli, he didn't show anything on his face and he was already worried.

In a family of officials, even if she didn't care much about the current situation, she knew that Hongli's identity was indescribable. Earlier, when the imperial concubine was there, there was a son of the imperial concubine, and Hongli's popularity was not yet revealed.

As soon as the Nian family fell, Prince Hongli became a popular candidate for the crown prince again.

When the emperor went on a tour, he made the entire Jiangnan uneasy; when the prince descended, even if he could not say that the entire Zhili was, the Governor's Mansion would not be able to live in peace.

Seeing that Li was kind and Chu Yu was intimate with herself, Hongli was satisfied.

He also knew that he was not that close to the Cao family, so he said goodbye and left first on the excuse of having a hard time on the journey.

Only the sixteenth prince was left, so everyone talked about family matters with him. The one who talked the most was of course the Concubine Secret.

"In this case, this is the Mid-Autumn Festival, can the Empress of the Concubine be welcomed out of the palace?" Li was very concerned about the reference to the Empress of the Concubine Se.

The Sixteenth Prince nodded and said, "That's right, the yard has been packed for my mother. It's just on the fifteenth Brother's mansion. I was watching the construction and built a small garden in the style of the south. When you go back to Beijing, you must come and be a guest."

Li smiled and said, "As long as I am in Beijing and don't give me a post, I will go over to pay my respects to the Empress. Amitabha, the Empress has been waiting for for many years, and finally this day has come."

The sixteenth prince felt sad after hearing this.

He has always been close to the emperor, which is no less than the relationship between the Seventeenth Prince and the Emperor. If he had not had Prince Chengsizhuang's Mansion and had a title in Kaifu, he would have been the lowest of a prince.

Even if it is not hereditary and does not have those rich industries, I am the master of my family and may have welcomed my mother out of the palace long ago.

Seeing the atmosphere a little sad, Cao Yong interrupted, "Sixteenth Master, the good team you raised in your mansion is not planning to honor the concubine? How about it, but what new play has been arranged?"

"I have learned a few new plays in this article. My mother is impatient and noisy. If you want to listen, wait a few days for your birthday, and let them go and sing for a few days." said the Sixteenth Prince.

After hearing this, Cao Yong waved his hand and said, "I have a good intention, don't be anxious, it's not too late to listen when I return to Beijing."

This interruption dispelled the dullness that had just happened.

The sixteenth prince said a few more words to Li, and then followed Cao Yong back to the official residence.

"Due to different fields and water and soil, the harvest time of wheat is also different. The harvesting starts around the Dragon Boat Festival at the earliest, and at the latest it will have to wait until the end of June. The Fourth Prince won't really have to wait until the wheat is harvested before returning to Beijing, right?" Without outsiders, Cao Yong said bluntly: "I heard that the Fourth Prince began to learn government affairs. The emperor values ​​him, it is unreasonable to be so 'poor'."

"In the past few months since Nian Gengyao was sentenced to death, the Fourth Prince began to study government affairs, and many people began to be restless. The emperor was afraid of affecting the Fourth Prince and hurting the relationship between father and son, so he sent the Fourth Prince out. Of course, the news that those people in the capital heard was that the Fourth Prince was recuperating from the Prince. There was a fourth prince's stand-in in the palace, and occasionally appeared, which was very capable of resisting for a while." Speaking of this, the Sixteenth Prince sneered and said, "Is the merit of supporting the people so good? The emperor has limited patience. How many times will he have to do this time?"

Cao Yong thought about the recent news from Beijing, pondered for a moment, and said, "Is it related to the creation of the imperial tomb?"

Building an imperial tomb is a major event. When Yongzheng first came to power, an official from the Ministry of Rites mentioned this matter. Because the treasury had no money, it was left unresolved.

It was not that the Emperor cursed that he died as soon as possible. Jingling, which was built in the fifteenth year of Kangxi, was completed in the twenty-fifth year of Kangxi.

It was only because when Emperor Shizu died, the imperial tombs surrounded the place and was not built, which made the emperor's affairs after his death. Taking this as a lesson, it is also necessary to build the imperial tombs in advance.

In the eyes of the world, the affairs after death are the top priority, and the attention of the tombs has not been spared.

The sixteenth prince nodded and said, "Half is to add fuel to the fire. I want to see which prince the emperor will hand over the important task to; half is to focus on the silver in the treasury. The emperor has already made an order to set the upper limit for officials to borrow silver, which shall not exceed 50% of their annual salary. If they do not make any trouble, how can they make money..."

Hongli's identity was finally hidden. In order to avoid the news spread, even Tianyou and the others did not know.

Hengsheng was able to return to Qingyuan, and there was a reasonable excuse. Hongli "rehabilitated" and stopped taking classes in the study. He also gained skills as a companion, so he came with the sixteenth prince as the Blue Leather Guard.

After Hongli rested in the Governor's Office for a day, he met Cao Yong again and mentioned that he wanted to go to the local area to inspect the farming in Zhili.

Cao Yong did not object, but he was uneasy to let Hongli go as he pleased. After all, safety is a big deal.

It just so happened that Tang Zhiyu was going to Cangzhou to inspect the livestock market and cotton market there. In addition, he also had to inspect several prefectures and counties with a large number of winter wheat planting fields.

Cao Yong made arrangements and asked Tang Zhiyu to take Hongli with him.

Of course, even if Tang Zhiyu did not know Hongli, Cao Yong could not push Hongli down. If a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old boy treated him with courtesy, then others would not have to think about it and could know that Hongli's identity was extraordinary.

The one who was with Tang Zhiyu on the surface was Meng Shan, the first-class guard in front of the imperial court.

He was a strong man of thirty-six or seven years old, very brave. He nominally represented the Sixteenth Prince Zhuang's mansion, so he followed dozens of guards and two hundred guards behind him.

This patrol attitude is no less than Tang Zhiyu, the local snake.

Although Tang Zhiyu felt that Meng Shan’s plot was too big, there was the Sixteenth Prince standing behind the other party. These people were arranged by the Sixteenth Prince, so he had no room for doubt.

It was a good thing that was around, but Hongli wanted to take Hang Seng with him; Hang Seng also wanted to go with him, not to play, but to protect Hongli. If he encountered something bad, he could stand in front and avoid hindering his father.

Hongli's identity changed from the nephew of the Sixteenth Prince to the "nephew" of the Sixteenth Prince, and he was with Hang Seng and now he is the fourth-class blue-feather guard.

In the tour team, the young master who was on the top of the mountain appeared and the prince's "nephew" and Tang Zhiyu felt a little uncomfortable.

But Cao Yong did not say hello to him, and Hengsheng did not act as a powerful and messed up his itinerary because of his identity as the governor. Tang Zhiyu had no idea how to start.

Then, seeing Hengsheng and Hongli following Meng Shan quietly, just like other guards accompanying him, Tang Zhiyu felt a little guilty and felt that he was a villain.

The Governor's Mansion, Yin Hotel.

The sixteenth prince sat at the table under the corridor, picked up a peeled crab leg in his hand, put it in the vinegar sauce in front of him, and put it in his mouth, and ate it beautifully.

On the table, there was a large plate of rulers and a half, with several red sea crabs inside.

Cao Yong sat opposite the Sixteenth Prince. Seeing this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "It's that delicious? Sea crabs have always been inferior to lake crabs, and there aren't them in Beijing?"

The sixteenth prince put down the crab legs, took a sip of rice wine, and said, "I have eaten it twice in Beijing, but none of them are as big as this. Such a big sea crab is hard to come by in the restaurant in Beijing."

"The Qingyuan went to the middle of Tianjin Guard to build an official road, but there was no Qingyuan in previous years." Cao Yong said.
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